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ChangeWe welcome smart, hard-working and intellectually curious individuals to work with us. While the specific attributes and skills we seek vary by position, the common characteristics we look for in our campus candidates include:
We offer internship and co-op opportunities at both the undergraduate and MBA level throughout the firm, globally. Each programme is designed to ensure interns gain valuable industry experience while learning about our firm.
At the undergraduate level, Wellington Management has a Boston and Chicago based summer internship programme. The internship takes place between June and August and typically lasts 10-12 weeks.
While the internship programme focuses on targeting underrepresented groups in investment management (women and people of colour), the programme is inclusive, therefore any qualified candidates can apply. Overall, we seek talented, dedicated students with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences.
Our internship roles fall into many departments across the firm including the areas of business, investment research, investment science and information technology. Internship roles typically fall into the following teams, but change every year based on business need:
Over the summer, our interns experience a highly challenging and rewarding programme that offers insights into the investment management industry and Wellington Management. Exceptional summer interns are viewed as potential candidates for our full-time campus programmes.
The deadline to apply is 21 October 2021
Wellington Management has selectively established offices to support global investing and our global client base. Our relationship management teams actively serve clients in their own time zones. The proximity, coupled with their local market knowledge, enables relationship managers to focus on issues unique to each client’s investment environment. With the growth of our global offices, we are now able to offer more opportunities for undergraduates. Below are the current offices with opportunities:
Beijing
Wellington Management offers investment research opportunities in the Beijing office. The programme typically takes place during the summer. Eligible candidates are sourced from Peking University and Tsinghua University. Please contact your career services office for more information.
Hong Kong
Wellington Management offers undergraduate opportunities in the Hong Kong office. Eligible candidates are sourced from local universities and should be eligible to work in Hong Kong. Please contact the undergrad mailbox for more information.
London
Wellington Management offers an undergraduate diversity internship in London to those candidates interested in the investment management industry. UK citizenship is required.
Wellington Management also offers an opportunity for a 12-month placement in the London Office. Eligible candidates are sourced locally. Please contact your careers services office for more information.
Singapore
Wellington Management offers investment research and client services opportunities based in the Singapore office. Interested undergraduates must be in their penultimate year and eligible to work in Singapore. The programme recruits directly from the National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and Singapore Management University. Please contact your career services office for more information.
Sydney
Wellington Management offers internships working with both the portfolio services and relationship teams in the Sydney office. Applicants should be penultimate year students who are eligible for work in Australia. The programme runs from January to July and July to January. We recruit directly from the University of New South Wales and the University of Sydney in April and October of each year. Please contact your career services office for more information.
Tokyo
Wellington Management offers opportunities for up to six months in the Tokyo Office. Applicants need to be eligible to work in Japan. Please contact your careers services office for more information.
We partner directly with Northeastern University’s Co-op programme for Boston-based and international positions. If you are a Northeastern University student, please contact your advisor for more information.
Wellington Management will work with you to meet your long-term career aspirations — we do not believe in a one-size-fits-all career path. Our goal is to help you develop and evolve into a top performer in whatever field you choose.
There are many ways to develop your professional career. Some Wellington Management employees go on to part-time graduate studies using the firm’s tuition reimbursement benefit. Some pursue the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) designation through Wellington Management’s CFA® programme. Others decide to go back to school full time to pursue graduate studies. All paths are encouraged and supported.
Wellington Management’s Campus Programmes seek smart, diverse, intellectually curious graduating students who want to launch their careers full-time in investment management.
A full-time, three-year opportunity for graduating bachelor’s students who are interested in a variety of career opportunities available in the investment management industry. This program will help you gain insight into our industry, firm, and culture. Successful candidates are high-performing, talented students who are intellectually curious and self-motivated. During the program, top performing BAs will be placed into positions across the firm that are complementary to their skills, interests, and business needs. To qualify, you will need to graduate in the fall 2021 – spring 2022 academic calendar year and be pursuing a bachelor’s degree in any major.
Opportunities typically exist within our Boston, Chicago, Hong Kong, London, and Singapore offices in the following groups:
A full-time, up to five-year opportunity in our Investment Science Group suitable for bachelor’s students.
The world is full of fascinating questions. As an Investment Science Associate, you will have the opportunity to immerse yourself in complex data sets, research challenging investment questions, and solve problems with modern data science techniques — from idea generation and prototyping to validation and production.
Examples of the nature of the work include:
Investment science associates will act as internal investment science consultants and research analysts, providing quantitative research to the firm’s talented community of investors. These insights will enable the firm to make prudent financial decisions to benefit thousands of retirees, savers, and institutions. With so many unanswered questions in the investment world, which ones will you answer?
A full-time, up to three to five-year opportunity in our Investment Platform suitable for undergraduate students, and individuals with 1 – 3+ years of work experience.
The goal of the Early Career Investor program is to provide flexible, value-added analytical resources to support the firm’s mission of superior investment performance. We aim to develop and identify exceptional RAs to build our pipeline of talented investors. Through a series of rotations, program participants will play a critical role in assisting experienced analysts and portfolio managers in conducting research and implementing their investment process. Some program participants may spend up to 24 months in their first rotation based on their experience and our needs may be more closely aligned with one asset class. Interested candidates should have geographic flexibility. For our 2022 hiring needs, opportunities exist globally, in Boston, London, Hong Kong and Singapore. Positions will be sourced from local, partnered universities by each office’s recruitment team.
Examples of the nature of the work include:
Important characteristics that we look for in potential candidates include:
The global InvesTech Associate program in our Investment Services and Technology department is open to eligible undergraduate students graduating with their Bachelor’s degree between Fall 2021 – Summer 2022. As an InvesTech Associate, you will develop the foundation to become successful in a career in financial operations and technology. This global program starts in July 2022 and is designed to equip you with new skills and knowledge of our clients, industry, firm, and culture while developing a strong, global internal network that will set you up for a successful transition into the firm. By investing in your personal growth on day one, you will help us continue to exceed our client’s expectations. InvesTech Associates will receive training and skill building opportunities to develop expertise in the processes and technology that drive asset management, portfolio analysis, funds, and client engagement.
Opportunities exist in:
The deadline to apply is 13 October 2021
Please reach out to undergradrecruiting@wellington.com or MBArecruiting@wellington.com
If you are ready to challenge yourself in a performance-driven culture that recognises and rewards achievement, we would like to meet you. Our online application process is completely secure and confidential.